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All About the Fire || Nail Art

08 Monday May 2017

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The most arthritis friendly nail art design is the one I don’t even paint on my nails, right?

There is a relatively new technique called “drip marbling” which is very similar to acrylic paint marbling.

I create a design on a flat plastic surface. Once it dries, I cut it into smaller pieces and apply them to my nails as decals. It a very simple nail art technique but yields a beautiful result. I showcase water decals and no-water marbles on my blog all the time so I bit the time bullet and tried out this new to me style.

 

Interested in how to do this? Scroll to the bottom for a wonderful tutorial by my favorite nail art YouTuber, Colette!

 

 

Fire Drip MarbleThis is exactly what I was going for: an irregular marble without any muddiness. It kind of reminds me of lava…

 

Fire Drip Marble side viewI  love the end result but these decals are thick which is to be expected when using so much polish.

 

Fire Drip Marble 3Base: Wet n Wild Black Creme, China Glaze Fairy Dust

Marble: SinfulColors Gogo Girl (true red), Feel the Vibe (orange), Chick Chick (yellow) – discontinued*, OPI Nail Lacquer Guys & Galaxies

 

China Glaze Fairy Dust     Wet n Wild Black Creme     OPI Guys and Galaxies     SinfulColors Gogo Girl     SinfulColors Feel the Vibe     sinfulcolors chick chick

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#31DC2015 – Marbled Stripes Nail Art

12 Saturday Sep 2015

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This design was inspired by yet another one of Robin Moses’ nail videos (linked here)! I’ve been trying out her techniques and have to say they make my nail art life a whole lot easier!

My forte is definitely abstract so I decided to go with a “marble without water” look. Yes, anything to avoid that dratted striping tape!

I hope you like it..I have to say this came out quite nicely! Below is a quick photo of the base color — which I gushed about on Instagram and serves as my pink for the 30 Days of Colour Challenge!

 

Swatch - Sally Hansen "Petal Pusher" | The Rite of Aging

 

#31DC2015 - Marbled Stripes Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sally Hansen Petal Pusher

Marble: artist’s brush, acetone, Barry M Grapefruit, Cancun, Pahlish Sunless Sea, Julie G Peep Toe Pumps, China Glaze Purple Panic

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Ziploc Marble Nail Art for NAIL – Butterflies

24 Sunday May 2015

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Have you ever just looked at something and thought ‘this really annoys me’? I opened my blog this morning and I could not stand my layout. I decided to change themes. So far, I do like it. I especially like the background color; I think it is a lot easier on the eyes. What do you guys think?

 

I first attempted freehand wings. I created a Monarch butterfly-inspired marble base but the wings looked really wonky on my short nails. I remembered the Pueen Cosmetics decals but had spent so much time on this first try, I felt too discouraged to re-do it.  Now, a few days later, I repeated the ziploc marble method and applied the decals on top.

I hope you like it!

 

Butterflies on Marbled Base | The Rite of AgingI started with a base of Color Club Wham! Pow!

I added a few drops of OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where?, Serum No. 5 Fallen, and CoverGirl Cosmetics Glosstinis Inferno before I lightly placed a ziploc bag on top to blend them together.

The decals are from Pueen Cosmetics.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other butterfly manicures below!